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Windows

Credential Manager

To store the personal access token you are about to generate you need a Git credential manager. If you installed Git via https://gitforwindows.org/ (recommended) Git for Windows then you already have a credential manager from Microsoft installed (it is bundled with " Git for Windows"). If you installed Git via some other mechanism, then you must first install https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Microsoft's Git Credential Manager for Windows.

Personal Access Token

To generate a a Personal Access Token personal access token on GitHub go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and and click on "Generate new token". You only need to select the "repo" scope (permission). After you have generated your personal access token, store it in the Git Credential Manager for Windows using git token store:

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macOS already comes with a password manager in the form of Keychain and Git for macOS is configured out of the box to use Keychain as a credential manager, there is no need to configure anything.

Personal Access Token

To generate a a Personal Access Token personal access token on GitHub go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and and click on "Generate new token". You only need to select the "repo" scope (permission). After you have generated your personal access token, store it in Keychain using git token store:

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